The product is a vintage brochure cover from "Pool's Work Clothes" in Sherman, Texas, dating back to the 1930s. This original print ad cover (pages are missing) is a collectible piece of advertising memorabilia, highlighting the history and origin of the brand in Texas during that time period. The cover is 5 1/2 inches by 2 5/8 inches when folded.
There is a plaque marking the significance of Pool's Manufacturing Company. An historic landmark erected in 1967 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. It states the following:
"Originally chartered September 20, 1909, as Sherman Overall Manufacturing Company. First machinery was secured from a glove manufacturer and placed in the Birge-Forbes Building on East Lamar Street.
Company was purchased in August 1911, by R.F. Pool and son, Carl; in following years, expansion led to use of several separate buildings in downtown Sherman. Name changed to Pool Manufacturing Company in 1925.
In December 1928, plant was moved to this site with 60,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
Originally manufacturing overalls, they later added work pants, work shirts, and matched uniforms; all bearing the Pool's "Swetpruf" brand, an important first in the industry being a color-fast khaki. Pool was leader in the practice of pre-shrinking fabrics before manufacture; this was before sanforization.
In the early 1930's Pool introduced the original Army Cramerton cloth, basic fabric still used by U.S. Armed Forces. Carl Pool began and developed application of modern day industrial engineering to manufacture of garments. Further expansion recently has put Pool into the field of manufacturing sports clothes.
Market area now extends to the Pacific coast and some foreign countries.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967"
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